Q: How do I uninstall PDF Studio on my Linux computer? A: You can follow the steps below to uninstall PDF Studio: Launch your Terminal application Launch File Explorer Go to the installation folder (Home Folder/pdfstudio2020 by default) Drag “Uninstall” shell script to your Terminal window and hit Enter Follow the instructions on the installer […]
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Set up your scanner to work with Saned Daemon under Linux
Q: How can I set up my scanner to work with Saned Daemon under Linux? A: If for some reason PDF Studio is unable connect to your scanner through the default option of Sane Direct, you might try to connect to your scanner through the second option called Sane Daemon. This option should only be […]
Running PDF Studio with a different JVM on Linux
Q: What JVM is being used in PDF Studio and how can I use a different one? A: If PDF Studio is already installed on your machine, you can check what JVM is being used by launching PDF Studio and going to Help > About PDF Studio. When installing PDF Studio on Linux, we recommend […]
Default CJK fonts used by PDF Studio when not embedded
Q: When CJK fonts are not embedded in the document, which CJK fonts does PDF Studio use to render documents in Chinese, Japanese or Korean? A: When a CJK font (or any other font type) is embedded within a PDF document, PDF Studio will use this font to render the text in the document. This […]
Permission error downloading OCR languages
In PDF Studio 8, when attempting to download OCR language files, you may receive an error looking like: Error: user does not have permission to write to: opt/pdfstudio8/tess/tessdata. OCR language files are downloaded into PDF Studio installation folder and sometimes a user will not have the permission to write in this folder. If you see […]
Override JVM used by PDF Studio in Linux
Q: How can I override PDF Studio’s JVM? A: We do not recommend overriding the version of Java that comes with PDF Studio – there are issues with Java 1.7.x, especially on 64bit systems, that keep PDF Studio from working optimally. Once we feel confident that these issues are resolved, we will start packaging newer […]
OpenJDK Toolbar Spacing Issue
Q: I am running PDF Studio 7 under Linux. I updated the application toolbar settings to hide a few tools that I don’t need but the space on the toolbar for the hidden buttons is left blank. Why is the toolbar the same length, even when I choose to group the buttons under a grouped […]
No print service found on Debian 64bit
Q: I am running PDF Studio on 64bit Debian squeeze with Gnome desktop. When I try to print I get the error message: “No print service found” A: It is a setup problem that many debian squeeze users have encountered. To resolve this, open /etc/sysctl.d/bindv6only.conf and set net.ipv6.bindv6only=0, then restart the procfs with invoke-rc.d procps restart For more info, see this […]
Best Free PDF Reader for Linux
PDF Studio Viewer is a great PDF viewer for Linux & Unix that renders PDF documents with high fidelity (including digital signatures), and allows to annotate documents as well as fill interactive forms. PDF Studio works on all the Linux and Unix distros including Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Red Hat / RHEL, Elementary OS, Gentoo, CentOS, Parrot Linux, […]
Call PDF Studio from shell on Linux
Q: On Linux, when I try to start PDF Studio from shell (bash) with “pdfstudio8 myfile.pdf” where “myfile.pdf” is in the current directory, it can’t find the file. It can access only when I give the full path of the file. Is there any way to make this work? A: You will need to create a […]
